Trunk.



PATBNTBD 001.13, lm. P. STBIGER.

u TRUNK.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2, 1904.

-No MODEL.

` nvanbozj @21B/MW i Stic/muy Nawaesa Patented October 18, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

PETER STEIGER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

TRUNK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 772,682, dated October 18, 1904.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, PETER STEIGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at -Baltimore, State of Maryland, havev invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trunks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tray-supports for trunks of vthat class in which the tray-may be elevated from within the body of the trunk simultaneously with the raising of the trunk-lid.

The present invention, however, relates more particularly to that feature or construction of the device by means of which the tray and lid may be elevated simultaneously or,A

if desired, the lid may be elevated independv ently of the tray.

The invention is illustrated in connection with a construction of tray-elevating mechanism which is the subject of a pending application liled by me on October 30, 1903, and

with which the present invention is prefer- Y ably combined; but it is to be understood that the features of the. present invention vmay be readily combined with other tray-operating mechanisms. y

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l illustrates a perspective view of a trunk embodying my invention and shows the lid and tray in the elevated position. Fig.

2 illustrates a perspective view of the detachedl elevating mechanism, but with its several parts in the proper positions withrespect to each other during the operation of elevating the lid independently of the tray. Fig. 3 illustrates a sectional 'elevation of the trunk box and. lid, the latter being partly elevated, and an end elevation of the tray supporting and lifting mechanism. Fig. 4 illustrates a sectional elevation through the trunk box and erating lever. n

Application filed April 2, 1904. Serial No. 201,229. v(No model.)

In the drawings, A designates the trunkbox,'having end walls c, and A designates the lid, having the end wallsc. The box and lid may `vary'in construction, according to the price1 and taste ofthe manufacturer.

Pivoted on the interior of the box and `to each of the end walls o are two levers and the other ends of these levers are pivotallyconnected to horizontal` bars c, so that said levers and bars may all `swing together. The bars c are each provided at their outer vertical sides with a plurality of horizontally or laterally projecting lugs d, which latterpro- 'ject and rest upon the top edge of. the trunkbox A when the lid is closed.l These lugs CZ, as will be seen in the drawings, are preferably near the ends ofthe horizontal bars and have position on opposite sides of a vertical armt', also on said bar. A link e is pivotlally connected at one end to the vertical arm 'and at its other swinging end is provided `with a laterally-projecting pin It, for a pur- 'pose to be presently described.

The tray F is provided along its opposite ends with a horizontal plate f, which has at its upper edge a downwardly-projecting hookflange'f, which latter takes over the top.

edge of the horizontal bar c. so that said bar vwill entirely support the tray Without the aid of additional supports commonly used within lthe lid is closed down on the trunk-box these lugs have position between the tray and box and entirely support the tray within the said box.

A plate I, preferably of angle-iron or L shape and having the vertical lwall z' and the lateral wall vl', is secured to the lid of the 4 trunk, so that the wall t" will take beneath the end walls a' of the lid, while the vertical wall c' will take against the inner surface of said end wall a', as clearly seen in Fig. 5. This plate I is provided with a longitudinal slot j, which extends in'a direction parallel with thel lower edge 'of the trunk-lid, and at IOO its forward end said plate is provided with a downwardly-projecting notch which extends from said slot toward the lateral wall 7i' of the plate. The pin /Lot the link e projects through the slot j and when the lid is down rests in the notch 1. A groove lis provided in the wall a of the lid adjacent the plate I', and' the pin /L takes in said groove and has longitudinal movement therein.

The link connecting the vertical arm L with the lid need not necessarily be of one piece, but may have an additional link e, pivotally connecting it with said lid. This latter form of link is illustrated in Fig. 6.

The operation is as follows: Then the tray is in position with the trunk-box and the lid is closed, the pin t of the link e has position in the downwardly-1i rojeeting notch of the plate I, and as long as it remains in said notch the raising of the lid will cause the simultaneous elevation of the tray, because the notch serves as a pivot-point for the pin /L to turn in and prevents the pin 'moving through the slot j'. It will thus be seen that the tray and lid will be elevated together, as seen in Figs. l and 4C of the drawings. Ii it is desired to elevate the lid only and leave the 'tray in a stationary position, the lid is iirst elevated slightly, as shown in Fig. 3, and the hand of the operator is inserted beneath the lid, and the links e are raised so as to elevate the pins 7i from the notches As soon as l the pins are disengaged from said notches the lid may then be farther elevated and the pins will slide through the the slots j' of the platel I, as seen in Fig. 2, and the links e will merely turn on their ends, which are pivotally connected to the vertical arms without elevating kthe tray.

It will thus be seen that the present construction enables the lid and tray to be elevated simultaneously or the lid to be raised independently of the tray. It will also be seen that the tray may be supported entirely from the top edge of the trunk-box without the aid of stationary supports on the interior of the box and also that the tray may be readily raised from its movable supports and lifted out of the trunk entirely. It will also be seen that by pivoting the link e to a vertical arm b the lid may be elevated slightly without elevating the tray even While the pin 7L is engaged in the notch v, and that this independent movement is enough to permit the insertion oi the hands, so that the links may be operated to disengage the pins from said notches. r

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is

l. The combination with the box oi a trunk; a lid hinged to said box', a movable tray-supn port; a single link movable at all times with the lid and connecting the tray-support and means whereby the link may be elevated with the lid independently of or simultaneously with the tray-support and arranged to bold the lid when the latter is elevated.

2. The combination with the box of a trunk; a lid hinged to said box; a tray-support pivotally connected to said trunk-box; a link pivota-lly connected at one end to said tray-support, and means for either pivotally or slidably connecting the other end of said link with the trnnk-lid.

3. The combination with the box oi' a trunk; a lid hinged to said box; ainovable tray-support; a link pivotally connected at one end to said tray-support; a plate secu red to said lid and provided with a notch in which the lree end of the link will engage.

4. The combination with the box ol a trunk; a lid hinged to said box; a movable tray-support; a plate secured to said lid and having a slot and also having a notch at one side ol said slot, and a link pivotally connected at one end to said tray-support and having its other end secured in the slot of said plate whereby the lid may be raised indepemlently ol or simultaneously with the tray-support.

5. The combination with the box of a trunk; a lid hinged to said box; a movable tray-support; an arm projecting above said support; a plate secured to said lid and having a, slot and also having a notch'at one end oi said slot, a link pivotally connected at one end to the projecting arm oi' said support and having its other end secured in said slot whereby the lid may be raised independently ot' or simultaneously with the tray-support.

ln testimony whereof I aliix my si gnatn re in presence of two witnesses.

PETER STEIGER. Witnesses:

Tiles. KELL BRADFORD, CHARLES B. MANN, Jr.

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